Kalb To Speak At Fau

October 17, 1986|Staff reports

Bernard Kalb, the State Department spokesman who quit after reports that the government deliberately leaked false information to thwart Libyan terrorism, will speak Nov. 16 at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.

Kalb, 64, a journalist at The New York Times, CBS and NBC before taking his post with the State Department in 1984, is scheduled to speak at 8 p.m. at University Center Auditorium, FAU officials have announced.

It will be Kalb`s first public speaking engagement in South Florida since he quit the Reagan Administration Oct. 8 to protest ``a reported disinformation program`` against Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

``Faith in the word of America is the pulsebeat of our democracy,`` Kalb said at the time. ``Anything that hurts America`s credibility hurts America.``

Tickets for Kalb`s speech are $6, $8 and $10 and can be purchased at the University Center ticket office beginning Oct. 24. The event is sponsored by the FAU Foundation.